11-9 The Contingency Leadership Model The performance of groups is dependent on the interaction between leadership style and situational favorableness LEADERSHIP STYLE SITUATIONAL Least-Preferred Coworker Scale FAVORABLENESS LPC o Leader-member relations o Assesses the degree ofpositive or e Degree of trust, respect negative feelings ● Task structure e Scores on the LPC ● Specificity of tasks ●L0w-Task= oriented e Position power o High- Relationship-oriented e Power inherent in leader's position Mcgraw-hillarwin Copyright@ 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 11-9 The Contingency Leadership Model The performance of groups is dependent on the interaction between leadership style and situational favorableness. LEADERSHIP STYLE ⚫ Least-Preferred Coworker Scale (LPC) ⚫ Assesses the degree of positive or negative feelings ⚫ Scores on the LPC ⚫ Low - Task-oriented ⚫ High - Relationship-oriented SITUATIONAL FAVORABLENESS ⚫ Leader-member relations ⚫ Degree of trust, respect ⚫ Task Structure ⚫ Specificity of tasks ⚫ Position Power ⚫ Power inherent in leader’s position